Actually this is not a google project, Google's just doing the live coverage for the cross-US flight. I learned about solar impulse in 2009 because my former em

Actually this is not a google project, Google's just doing the live coverage for the cross-US flight. I learned about solar impulse in 2009 because my former employer is one the partners. This project was initiated by Bertrand Piccard in 2003. He is better know for the first balloon flight around the world in 1999. cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Impulse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Impulse